Yuki Tsunoda appears to be performing better in his second season of Formula 1 but there may be more to this than meets the eye.
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Lifelong motor sport fan Keith set up RaceFans in 2005 - when it was originally called F1 Fanatic. Having previously worked as a motoring journalist, Keith began running the site full-time in 2010, achieving a long-held ambition to dedicate his full attention to his passion for motor racing.
Perez fades after strong start to second season alongside Verstappen
2022 F1 team mate battles: Perez vs Verstappen
Posted onSergio Perez started his second season at Red Bull strongly, but the gap between him and Max Verstappen has grown in recent races.
Poor luck limiting Zhou’s points-scoring in his F1 debut so far
2022 F1 team mate battles: Zhou vs Bottas
Posted onZhou Guanyu has performed well on his debut as a Formula 1 driver but luck hasn’t been on his side with an excessive amount of technical failures.
A resurgent Sainz is the last thing Leclerc’s rapidly fading championship hopes needed
2022 F1 team mate battles: Leclerc vs Sainz Jnr
Posted onCarlos Sainz Jnr has turned his season around just in time to frustrate his team mate’s rapidly fading hopes of winning the championship.
Schumacher bagged his first points but must make gains in qualifying
2022 F1 team mate battles: Schumacher vs Magnussen
Posted onSecond year driver Mick Schumacher picked up in form approaching the summer break, but his returning team mate has the edge on him so far this year.
Hamilton confounds his detractors again as Mercedes reverse early-season slump
2022 F1 team mate battles: Hamilton vs Russell
Posted onGeorge Russell beat Lewis Hamilton for the seventh consecutive race in Azerbaijan. But the multiple world champion has turned his season around since then.
Aston Martin set to lose their top-performing driver for the third time in a row
2022 F1 team mate battles: Stroll vs Vettel
Posted onSebastian Vettel is retiring from Formula 1 at the end of 2022, meaning that, once more, Aston Martin look set to lose their better performing driver.
Despite a change of team mate, Latifi continues to lag at Williams
2022 F1 team mate battles: Latifi vs Albon
Posted onNicholas Latifi has been regularly out-paced and out-performed by Williams’ new arrival Alexander Albon so far in 2022.
Departing Alonso’s points deficit to Ocon is no reflection of his performance
2022 F1 team mate battles: Alonso vs Ocon
Posted onEsteban Ocon is on course to become only the second of Fernando Alonso’s team mates to out-score him over a season. Are the 41-year-old’s skills waning?
Norris’s demolition of Ricciardo leaves McLaren facing a 2023 dilemma
2022 F1 team mate battles: Ricciardo vs Norris
Posted onThe first of our mid-season assessments of each pair of team mates in Formula 1 looks at whether there are any signs of improvement for Daniel Ricciardo in his second year at McLaren.
Herta expects IndyCar to change “really dangerous” Nashville restart zone again
IndyCar
Posted onColton Herta expects IndyCar to rethink the positioning of the restart zone at the Nashville street circuit after a series of crashes and near-misses at the venue’s second race.
Hamilton: “My worst fears came alive” in Abu Dhabi finale controversy
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Hamilton: “My worst fears came alive” in Abu Dhabi finale controversy • Piastri should have shown more loyalty – Szafnauer • Ganassi spoke to Palou for first time in weeks
Las Vegas race date leaked, indicating race start times outside USA
2023 F1 season
Posted onThe date of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, one of multiple new rounds being added to the 2023 Formula 1 calendar, has been revealed in a letter leaked on social media.
FIA to submit new 2023 technical regulations to tackle porpoising this week
2023 F1 season
Posted onFIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has confirmed the sport’s governing body will seek approval of revised technical regulations for the 2023 Formula 1 season this week.
F1 teams can ‘get around technical directive on skid blocks a little bit’
2022 F1 season
Posted onAlpine are hoping a technical directive on skid blocks which will come into force at the next race plays in their favour.
Hamilton’s priority ‘winning another title’, not following Vettel into retirement
2022 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton isn’t reconsidering his Formula 1 future in the wake of Sebastian Vettel’s decision to retire from the sport.
F1 planning year-round activities for Las Vegas race facility
2023 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 is exploring ways to use the facility it is building to host next year’s Las Vegas Grand Prix for other activities during the year.
F1 makes £40.6 million profit in second quarter of 2022
2022 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 reported its fourth consecutive quarter of profit as the series’ revenues continue to recover following the pandemic.
Transcript: Why Ferrari told Leclerc ‘the hard is worse than expected’ but still used it
2022 Hungarian GP team radio transcript
Posted onRadio messages between Charles Leclerc and Ferrari in Hungary show the team realised the hard tyres weren’t competitive but felt they had to use them.
What made Verstappen’s 10th-to-first win in Hungary a rare achievement
2022 Hungarian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onOnly a small fraction of the 1,070 world championship races have been won from a double-digit starting position. Max Verstappen achieved the latest last weekend.